Don’t you just love cheese? Even the pathetic kind that you find in our local supermarkets. I just love them. I know that a lot of Singaporean Chinese don’t like cheese. Heck, there are even some who can’t even stand the smell of cheese. But I love it. I can’t get enough of cheese. Sure, the smell is a bit off putting at times, but the flavour is just so complex. It all started when I went to dine with several of my friends at this Italian restaurant. They serve the best tasting Italian (& European) cheeses and got me completely hooked. Of course the stuff I eat now taste nothing like the Italian cheese but hey, it is still cheese right? SCS is an Australian brand and if I remembered correctly when I was young, my mother used to pack bread with slices of SCS cheese. However I didn’t really care for cheese back then.

Anyway, I am here to review this SCS Cheese Slices – Smokey BBQ Flavour. No, it does not taste like any smokey BBQ I have ever tasted and the cheese itself isn’t that great. But surely we don’t expect much from cheese found in Singapore right? And again, the prices here are pretty high, so don’t get too used to eating cheese.

Ahhh…the SCS Cheese Slices – Smokey BBQ Flavour. 12 individually wrapped slices. When we were young, we were told that cheese is good for us. So most of the time, my parents would force me to eat cheese. Now that we know that cheese might not be all that good for you, I would recommend everyone to eat in moderation.

The back of the pack.

Some nutritional information for you. Oh, keep the cheese refrigerated. You won’t it to go bad right. Remembered, this is processed cheese, not real cheese. If you watched those food shows, you can see that those Europeans don’t refrigerate their cheese. This is because cheese “naturally” inhibits bacteria from forming on the surface. And if mold does form, they simply trim it off. The cheese below is still good.

The ingredients are cheese (pasteurised milk, salt, starter culture, enzyme), water, milk solids, butter (cream, water, salt), Emulsifiers, salt, natural smoke flavour, acidity regulator, preservative and colour. I really wonder why cheese manufacturers nowadays still add preservative to cheese. I know that they want to improve shelf life but adding preservatives to cheese is really unnecessary. Furthermore, eating too much preservative can be harmful to your health. Oh, this is made in Australia. 200g of cheese.

The distributors.

Here we have the actual cheese slice itself. Individually wrapped so that you can easily open one up and put on your bread or on your burger. Convenient processed cheese. But taste wise, I don’t think it can be compared to real cheese. It is good if you are in a hurry and aren’t interested in the taste but you should really go and try some great cheeses. You will not regret it!

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